What the Arctic reveals about coronavirus
A little over a century ago, the “Spanish” flu spread around the world with an astounding speed as millions returned home from the battlegrounds...
An Arctic treaty has been rejected by the region’s leaders. Again
Blame Mikhail Gorbachev. In 1987, during the waning days of the Cold War, the final leader of the Soviet Union suggested that the Arctic,...
Greenland’s premier doesn’t foresee a US takeover and remains committed to...
The loud re-awakening of U.S. interest in Greenland, which culminated last August as President Donald Trump confirmed a wish to buy Greenland — its...
How a ground-breaking biodome being planned in Iceland could change cities...
A pioneering vision in Iceland to improve life for locals and to transform tourism and hospitality is moving closer to reality.The ALDIN Biodome Resort...
Would a Saint Lawrence Seaway model work for Bering Strait shipping?
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has long envisioned rules and regulations for Bering Strait travel modeled after the Saint Lawrence Seaway system, the network of...
Climate change, Greenland and shifting geopolitics: Here are the top Arctic...
If change is the only constant — especially in the Arctic — then for 2019 the reverse was also mostly true: Most of the...
Could sand spread on sea ice help keep the Arctic cool?
Think of the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean as a reflective heat shield vital to a stable climate.Then consider that about 95 percent...
Thinner than expected Arctic sea ice has been a challenge for...
Three months into a year-long drift across the Arctic, scientists aboard the Polarstern have found that the ice floe the ship is attached to...
The deep roots of Russia’s Arctic ambitions — and what they...
SAINT PETERSBURG — Last week at Russia’s small but magnificent Arctic museum, which has existed since 1933 in an old church in Saint Petersburg,...
Trump’s reversal on Alaska ocean mapping will help the Arctic
An international effort to create a definitive map of the ocean floor by 2030 will get a boost from the Trump administration’s plan to...
